Our Children’s Harvest Thanksgiving Service will take place on Sunday 15 October at 11.30am at St Philip’s. Children are asked to bring gifts, which will be given to the Capuchin Day Centre, Penny Dinners, TRUST, and the Women’s Refuge. Items required:• Tea, coffee, sugar, tinned products, non-perishable products (incl. pasta,…
Choral Compline will take place on Friday evenings during the month of November at 6pm in Sandford Church. If you haven’t yet come along, please do drop in to this meditative service, which is sung throughout.
Choral UnionRehearsals for the new choir term began on Wednesday 13 September. We have a busy term of new music ahead, and look forward in particular to the Harvest Thanksgiving Services on 1 October and the Diocesan Choral Evensong in Sandford Church on Saturday 21 October. We are delighted to…
Our Prayer Walk is up in the grounds of both Sandford Church and St Philip’s Church. Please feel free to drop in for a time of quiet reflection.
On Wednesday, 6 September, Alexandra College (from J4 to 6th year and staff) gathered in the sunshine at Sandford Church. This service, led by Reverend Gyles, was to mark the start of the school year and was such a lovely service to bring everybody together after the holidays. In this…
On 10 September, Sandford Parish National School had their Start of Year Service. It took place at Sandford Church at 11.30am. It was held to celebrate the beginning of the new school year, at which we welcomed our new principal Mrs Kirwan. We also welcomed all newcomers to the school…
The Sir Henry Wood / BBC Season of Promenade concerts came to a finale in the Royal Albert Hall on 9 September……..and so this year’s equally successful season of Summer Music at Sandford, which started with Connor Wilcox recital of Beethoven & Ravel, also came to a rousing end last…
It was another brilliant End-of-Term Concert from our Sandford and St Philip’s Choral Union and Junior Choir which was performed on Thursday 1 June at 7.30pm in Sandford Parish Church. David O’Shea had put together a great programme with a range of choral music; from Bach to O’Shea and O’Farrell,…
Esme Lewis held her 5th Solo Art Exhibition in Sandford Church on 1 July. It was a great success all round. She sent the following letter to us after the event: I am very grateful to Canon Sonia Gyles, Irene Barber, Margaret Wynne and Janet Walsh for the use of…
It’s hard to believe that this outdoor service took place before the children had broken up for Summer. We were fortunate enough to have the sunny weather which enabled us to have an outdoor service. The sun was certainly shining which was more than we could say for the school…